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The people can't vote and hand out water bottles at these voting places. but, you know, something must be done about the italians rigging the i election. something has to be done. so that is part of the strategy. to create so much doubt, so, so much doubt. this is the authoritarian playbook. >> how much is affected by the fact that donald trump will be banned from platform in two years. and then they'll re-evaluate wlnt they can bring him back on the platform or ban him further? what about that? >> sure, in 2023, facebook is going to face the real decision. if they say they'll re-evaluate this...

According to your algorithm, you found thousands of voters in georgia was affected by this and prevented from casting ballots last year. how did that happen? >> that's right. thanks for having me on. what we looked into was the effect of distance to the polls. basically how far do you have to drive from your house to the poll to cast a vote. that affected people's likelihood to vote. 214 voting places closed down after a decision in 2013 made it possible for states that previously had to get preclearance, basically ask the department of justice for help in making changes. that was struck down....

That was a lot to unpack there. go back to claim no voter fraud here. that's exactly the point. the reason the secretary of state goes through the rolls and make sure there are not eligible people on the rolls to prevent those kind of voter fraud. this idea that you are arguing that there was suppression in polling places closed purposefully in black places to keep them out of the voting places is a serious charge to make and we haven't seen evidence of that. >> we have seen because we know about polling places being closed. >> yuan, it wasn't because they were closed african-americans. >> mar...

And republicans, look at this right here. that is the suburban vote that we have been talking about so much. 62% of women say they're going to vote for democrats. only 35% of republicans women say they're going to vote for republicans. that's scary if you're a republican today. >> great to see you, mark, thank you. >> let's go to one of those suburban battlegrounds mark is talking about, northern virginia. barbara comstock is fighting to hold on to her seat. political watchers on both sides of the aisle say she's in real danger, facing democrat jennifer wexton at this point. cnn's brian todd i...

Conference rooms locked in a simulated battle, which many believe could easily become real. >> for now, close the bridge. so that it just gives the impression of isolation. >> reporter: this is the red team, hackers trying to disrupt an election. >> all we want to do is keep people away from the voting places. >> reporter: down the hall, the blue team, the police, trying to make sure the voting goes smoothly. >> we need more resources into the area, not only police, but fire and ems. >> reporter: they're former and current law enforcement, including ex-boston police commissioner ed davis, who ...